How to convince someone that it's not helpful to delete apps running in background (RAM) on an android phone? it's like a habit for that person😌
says phone will explode with too much RAM being used and don't want apps run in background ... 😥
pls help for arguments

actually not seeking ++'s rather than arguments 😅

I don't get the point. I mean, isn't it a good thing to close apps, you don't want to run in the background (or even have open)

Conserves battery, uses more power to launch app from scratch.

Explain to them why it is not helpful to do such thing. The reason being that the Android Operating System is constructed with multitasking in mind, and killing/deleting background apps is making Android not reach their #1 goal, which is multitasking since the system learn and adapts how much power needs to be sent to which apps running in the background (based on most likely priority, how much time the user spends on the application etc). Killing the app will then NOT help battery life, in fact, it can decrease it (using the above facts, you should be able to argument and reason pretty well).

Unused ram is wasted ram. One of the goals for a good OS is to optimize resource usage.

But I'd be fine with them unless they start closing apps on my phone.

Anything running in the background increases battery drain. I also close everything I'm not using, and prevent things I don't want running from starting in the first place.

@Root Hehe me too!

RAM and background process management optimalisations, and app launch 'boosts' are thing from the last couple of years.

While you might think force closing results in a faster app experience and longer battery life, it results in the opposite. Android has gotten quite good in memory management and apps consuming too much cpu time in the background are rare. Plus, many branded Android versions (like OxygenOS) do a CPU clock boost for the first 2 seconds an app is opened, to ensure "a quick app experience".

These are some of many things that make manually removing them from Recent Apps not a good idea.

I don't know how it works on iPhone.

That said. I still force close some apps like spotify (chromecast issues) and Snapchat (worst code in history) after I use them

@Root isn't "running in the background" and "recent apps" two different things? When you remove apps from "recent apps" you just uncache the app's interface, but you actually don't stop app's background process from running. To do that you need to force stop the app in settings. Could be wrong, but clearing RAM has never stopped any backgroung processes for me.

thanks for all your help!
tried to explain, and that person kinda understood
... but keeps doing it nevertheless 😅😑, i believe it's become too much of a habit nowadays?😌

@sSam I do both.
I keep unused recent apps "cleared," and also disable anything I don't want running. The latter is due more to privacy concerns than battery, but it addresses both.

@Root so what's the point of clearing recent apps? It doesn't stop any background processes and it actually costs processing power to clear RAM.

@sSam it stops the app from fetching data and using (increased) cpu. Still worthwhile to close.

@Root it doesn't

@sSam
Open a 3d game. Watch your battery drain.
Close it. Watch the drain cease.

Open something that makes hundreds of api requests per second. Watch your battery cry.
Close it. Listen to your battery breathe a sigh of relief.

😞